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In reply to the discussion: Here is when I bought my first gun [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)A licensed and registered handgun, or a shotgun, for home defence, or a rifle for hunting? Those are perfectly reasonable. The problem isn't keeping guns out of the hands of the majority of responsible gun owners. But there isn't really any valid home defence or sporting reason for owning an AR with a 30-round magazine. For home defence? You want a revolver or semi-auto pistol in .357 or .44 Mag or .45 ACP, or a double-barreled or pump action 12-gauge. And for hunting? Shotguns for fowl, small-calibre rifles for small game like rabbits and such, and semi-auto, bolt action or lever action centrefire rifles or carbines for deer, bear, elk and moose. And I don't really see that reasonable restrictions on firearms (for instance, magazine capacity, and limiting the sale of certain weapons to civilians) and requirements for licensing, safety training, and secure storage amount to "gun grabbing".